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Definition of Trysail
1. n. A fore- and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer.
Definition of Trysail
1. Noun. (nautical) A small, strong 3-sided sail sometimes set in place of the mainsail in heavy weather. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trysail
1. a type of sail [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trysail
Literary usage of Trysail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"The spanker-boom, trysail-mast, and gaff, may be got on board hy the yard and
stay-tackle. Put the hoops on the trysail-mast, and stop them : sway away by a ..."
2. The Kedge-anchor, Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Appertaining Tothe Practical by William N. Brady (1882)
"The spanker-boom, trysail-mast, and gaff, may be got on board by the yard and
... Put the hoops on the trysail-mast, and stop them; sway away by a pendant ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1866)
"... and on the seventh rotation on the circular track she winded, setting fore
trysail and two jibs, with head in shore. The white flag was still flying, ..."
4. The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1865)
"... and on the seventh rotation on the circular track she winded, setting fore
trysail and two jibs, with head in shore. The white flag was still flying, ..."
5. A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases (1880)
"trysail-MAST. A small mast placed abaft a lower mast, to which a trysail is ...
trysail-OUTHAUL. A rope by which the head of a trysail is hauled out on the ..."
6. Rudimentary Treatise on Masting, Mast-making, and Rigging of Ships: Also by Robert Kipping (1854)
"On trysail Masts.—Studding sail Booms.—Trestle-trees and Cross-trees for Lower
Masts.—The Framing of the Trestle and Cross-trees.—Tops of Merchant Ships. ..."
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